This my first Honda and I've hit the fuel cut-off in 1st a couple of times (it's just so easy to do -- it revs so fast and smooth). It's the first time in any car that I've ever done it. Everything is fine: the fuel cuts off and the revs drop, you change gear (going "Ooops") and keep going...
Back to the "shudder" -- it doesn't actually feel like the clutch to me: it's more like a really strong resonance at low revs. I don't have a sports exhaust on my car, but I've collected quite a few vids of how different ones sound (research): they all seem to have that resonant boom right down low when the revs drop. I'd put it down to a lack of low-end torque (trade off for the high power output from a small engine) and resonance. As others have said, a few more revs on board overcomes it.
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